A 14-year-old boy stabbed by a man who went on to attack people on a train said he did not feel the knifeman was "mentally sane", a court heard.

The teenager was attacked in Peterborough the day before Anthony Williams is accused of trying to kill 10 people on a train that had to make an emergency stop in Huntingdon in November 2025.

In a video recorded interview played to jurors at Cambridge Crown Court, the boy said: "This random guy… he just pulled out a knife and stabbed me."

Williams, 33, of Langford Road in Peterborough, denies 14 counts of attempted murder - four of which concern attacks prior to the mass train stabbing.

At the time of the attack, the boy, who cannot be named because of his age, was waiting with a friend on a footbridge over the River Nene, before going trick or treating.

Williams drew a knife from his waistband, he said, and "because I was closest to him, he's just stabbed me".

"I didn't feel like he was mentally sane. His eyes were wide open, like he was on something," he said.

"My friend said he was shouting something like 'are you involved?'."

"When he stabbed me, it's like he was there for a knife fight. Like he was waiting for me to pull out something."

The teenager said he had "so much adrenaline" that it felt "like a poke in the chest".

Jurors later watched a video recorded interview with Dawid Taborski, who Williams is also accused of attempting to murder.

Taborski said he was going to a "rave" at a bar with a friend and heard a man with a "very, very deep voice" asking "are you involved, are you involved?".

He said the man pulled a knife out of a backpack and, the court heard he lunged at him.

Taborski said he told the armed man "mate, just step back" and that he "literally... ran for my life".

Three of the attacks were in Peterborough on 31 October - the 14-year-old boy and Taborski on the footbridge near Henry Penn Walk in Peterborough, and William Ogelby at Railworld car park in the city shortly afterwards.

During the prosecution opening, jurors were told Williams "has some mental health issues which may or may not become relevant during this trial".

The trial has been told that whether Williams carried out the attacks is not in question, but jurors must consider whether he intended to kill those individuals.

Williams is accused of attempting to murder Raza Aslam, Sachin Balakrishnan, Stephen Crean, Kevin Deely, Scott Green, David Presland and Samir Zitouni on the London-bound train between Peterborough and Huntingdon on the Saturday evening, along with Scott Bletcher, Jonathan Gjoshe and Michael Paffett.

As well as the attacks in Peterborough, he is accused of attempting to murder a teenager on a Docklands Light Railway train in London in the early hours of 1 November.

The trial continues.

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